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Saint Peter's Basilica, Facade

ArtistMaderno, Carlo
Artist Info.Italy 1556-1629
ViewOverall View w. enframing Colonnade, Obelisk and Michelangelo's Dome (1999, cleaned and restored)
SiteRome, St. Peter's Basilica
LocationItaly
Date1606-12
SubjectArchitecture
PeriodItalian Baroque
Saskia No.Mib-0042
SourceGardner, Art Through the Ages, 11th ed., chapter 24, plate 2
 Hartt, Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, 4th ed., chapter 26, plate 11
 Trachtenberg & Hyman, Architecture, 1st ed., plate 50